10 Hip Hop song playlist 7

Oliver Hart - I’m here for you

https://youtu.be/2sUxm2jrXDE?si=Mk5xHRbmpP52edEC

“I'm running out of words, but I haven't yet made my message clear
So if none of this makes sense, I just want you to know I'm here
As a musician, as a friend, as a teacher, as a student
To grow and realize that everything's in constant movement”

Outlandish - Walou

https://youtu.be/V3OHIRFBH2Y?si=VvyrMq5QfsmUc-ea

Hip Hop from Denmark. 🇩🇰
It was either from Outlandish or Cypress Hill 

that I heard someone rapping in another language for the first time.

Atmosphere - Freefallin´

https://youtu.be/qE1uAb-OPH8?si=mEX6yiGQu6jByU8w

This song got me through a lot of days of working and looking for work.

“Nobody befriends the beast
Just to make ends meet and try to pay rent and eat
Spreadsheets by the end of the week
He'd rather spread them sheets and try to get some sleep”

Gavlyn - Headspace

https://youtu.be/7Pkjnudsbng?si=O3Z9mrZlIUddBZnD

Kali Uchis feat Tyler the Creator - After the storm

“If you need a hero just look in the mirror” - Kali Uchis

Guru feat Jay Kay - Lost souls

https://youtu.be/_SGlnZEkjDw?si=rh8fNPyHEbaCSsfy

´A lot of people in general are straight up no good
Makes me want to shoot 'em
Aiyo, maybe I should
But instead I parlay
Maintain self control' - Guru

I first heard Guru on the “Music from and Inspired By 8 Mile” compilation album.💿 🎬

Flexplicit feat Mic Righteous - Timeout ⏱️

https://youtu.be/WYAuEZYlmH8?si=RDTrUB7xzjD6Dheg

Lloyd Luther - Loves hard in these times

https://youtu.be/xryMyyVw0Og?si=S-PXypBzPyjarRsp

2pac - Krazy

The “Makaveli” album was an amazing 15th birthday present 🎂
from a friend . Many songs on it including this one 

have been getting me through shit ever since.

Eyedea and Abilities - Smile

“It’s beautiful the way that agony connects us to the living
I think of the world when I hurt and keep on existing in the now” - Eyedea

I first came across Eyedea and Abilities music in 2011
around the time I had my first job.
By then I’d been writing poetry for a while
and Eyedeas lyrics and flow inspired a lot of my writing after that.📝📚

Written with shame (rap)

Written by F.A.T
Performed by Intoxikie

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 Redman - Rock da spot

https://youtu.be/SJ1q6-z4yt4?si=Zi-9vYxtu-OLpr51

“Live from hell
But stay cooler than the double L”

Luniz feat Michael Marshall - I got 5 on it

“Homies don’t play around
We down to blaze a pound” - Yukmouth

Guru feat Brownman - Universal struggle

https://youtu.be/oizS7rbwCXM?si=U1WP2aBVbGs2bgmr

“From Sofia, Bulgaria to the New York interior
You see poverty and crime throughout these areas
And people with tattered clothes, babies from battered homes
Pure hard times” - Guru

Ice T - The lane🛣️

https://youtu.be/ZpJwnYwPqbI?si=YVNOocvjdsC93euR

“Gs take the game on the road to Minnesota
Supermarket's all sold out of baking soda”

Great street story telling.
I first heard of Ice T in 2004
when I watched the Rhyme & Reason documentary. 

Not long after that I bought the “Return of the real” album

… great choice, it’s full of bangers!

Styles of Beyond feat Apathy and Celph Titled - Playing with fire 🔥

https://youtu.be/x-yJElL9Q74?si=SB4Qh_B6mh-6t_Ay

“You’re on some Brad Pitt shit, so you better go watch
The movie Seven, cause you’ll find your wife’s head in a box” - Apathy

Arrested Development - Give a man a fish 

https://youtu.be/M8B8F9j3y_o?si=nKq0OxSGL4rzIYIF

Earl Sweatshirt feat Da$h - Grown ups

https://youtu.be/EFnpq7Faywk?si=ZFiyi-KDOcJl0oGA

Xzibit - The foundation

https://youtu.be/48N88gxYS6U?si=443qXm-Jc4MY-wg1

“Survival takes more than just gats and guns
That’s words to live by from a father to a son”

Ghetts feat Kano and Wretch 32 - Mount Rushmore

Wu-Tang Clan - Protect ya neck

“Terrorize the jam like troops in Pakistan
Swingin' through your town like your neighborhood Spiderman” 🕷️- Inspectah Deck

Intoxikie - Schizo (rap)

Disclaimer: None of the actions described 

or comments made in this rap are aimed 

at any real people.

 

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Raekwon - all over again

https://youtu.be/MZipEgpMaPI?si=sjpE8CUbBpPlnrbi

Classic autobiographical Wu-Tang story telling.

“RZA had a vision, instead of cookin coke in the kitchen
He told the God, hit the booth and start spittin”

Nas - NY state of mind

Ill Bill and Nems - Smarten up

https://youtu.be/baO8DiEA9EA?si=SXmsZmWIdadLvbFI

Goodfellas vibe.🎬🎼

Cormega - Valuable lessons

https://youtu.be/vNHtoKA6-vw?si=VmAntEhZW2SWuOQt

Talib Kweli - Get by

The first Talib Kweli song I heard,
from the music video getting a few spins on TV.
I bought the Quality album many years later; 
amazing conscious, expanding, lyrical hip hop.

DMX - Slippin

I’ve listened to a lot of DMX´s albums, 

and this song, among many others, has been great to vibe to 

when I’ve been through some dark times.

2pac feat Danny boy - I ain’t mad at cha

Another soulful gem 💎 from “All eyes on me”, nostalgic and soothing.

“Change, shit I guess change is good for any of us…” - 2pac

Mos Def - Ms Fat booty

The first Mos Def song I heard, back when MTV was playing music videos.

P.O.S feat Justin Vernon - How we land

https://youtu.be/duqM8u4zD3Q?si=0S9d6H-QWVnQOIbq

I used to play this all the time 

when I had friends round to drink🍻 back in 2012, 

I bought and played the hell out of the “We don’t even live here” album.

Outkast - The train

https://youtu.be/_CLaM6M_Awo?si=BcwmcKp2EZjQz9mf

🚂Nostalgic, got me through a lot of shit from 2015 onwards.

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Demrick, Xzibit and B Real - In the sky

https://youtu.be/yw53sYS6oRw?si=TIYtuPgt6TlAEKZQ

🍻“This is empty bottle rap, I’m not a role model
You can go head and follow that
Road to the unknown” - Demrick

Wab Kinew feat Tinsel Korey - Last words

https://youtu.be/CP9zDbBHMlU?si=nUy7845mDzlZEGhe

“Ask me why I’m rappin
You really want the answer?
My mind is full of cancer
The relief is in the stanza”

Cypress Hill feat Tego Calderón - Latin Thugs

https://youtu.be/JXVDHWk6TrI?si=KF1a88qJM1nWwHAZ

This might have been the first song I ever heard rapping in another language on.

Psycho Realm feat Crow Soto and Cynic - In this life time

https://youtu.be/NlQOOc0LJOA?si=TXytF0PW4Qoi2bIs

Lupe Fiasco feat Sarah Green - Real

https://youtu.be/gA2C_B788jI?si=JJGEdo-Ee7lHZD7T

My uncle recommended Lupe Fiasco 💿
after buying the “Food & Liquor” album in Japan 🇯🇵
when he was backpacking over there in 2006.

Diabolic - Reason

https://youtu.be/d_0oBOjvPOg?si=c7qMxTtFEKCGrMyE

Hard hitting and thought provoking.✊🏻

City Natives - 8:AM ⏰

https://youtu.be/eupcAMaSwc0?si=RzDScO8b3JjRaw8x

Ghost Poet - Cash and carry me home

https://youtu.be/yP11r5n5RNg?si=-3gUvkW-W2Wm2X9b

I bought the “Peanut Butter Blues & Melancholy Jam” album back in 2011.
💿☯️Great album to sit back and have a smoke to.

Swollen Members - Deep end 💀

https://youtu.be/kn1hf2CKzWM?si=X7I44veP5aM_tr7c

I first heard this song on Pandora.com in 2006 when it was still available in the UK.

Lloyd Luther - Coming of age in Britain

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Fat Joe feat B-real, Kool G rap and Big Pun - Wishful thinking

https://youtu.be/aNhhuhcd-t4?si=nt2ucsKoNC9vd8XJ

“What would you do if you could do the unbelievable?”

Necro - World gone mad

https://youtu.be/pzUGmZftjck?si=ExCfO7m6foAkHwf8

Kano feat Ghetts - Ghetto kid

These guys performed the opening set when I went to see Nas
in concert and kept the crowd hyped.

Dizzee Rascal - Graftin

One of the many songs that made my year in 2005.

Jedi Mind Tricks - Razor blade salvation

https://youtu.be/tou8beo-wdc?si=vO5j7wJEwGus4GSl

Nas - We will survive

“What up Big? You know shit is rough after you slid”

Nas feat DMX - Life is what you make it

“You a killer or a hustler, dealer or customer
Gangsta or buster, youngster or old _
A weed head, a coke sniffer
You rich or a broke _
Know you all relate to this shit that I wrote” - Nas

Snoop Dogg - Ups and downs

Redman - Brick city mashin

https://youtu.be/kw7Thig2oUQ?si=Q1kuDPRjN7CmZlZK

One week in 2003 I’m fighting Redman on PS2 game🎮 Def Jam Vendetta
and the next week I’m buying the “Docs da name” album
from HMV, great choice, many gems 💎 on the album.

Reverie - While I’m still here

https://youtu.be/XXmkb8dwsw4?si=l6VwpLoWGrrXU7Oa

“You are vital to the universe, I just thought that you should know”

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The Game - LAX files 🌴 ✈️

Ill Bill and Steven King feat Cyn Roc and E-Dot
- Howie made me do it

https://youtu.be/1xmTj3DKj_4?si=oxxE0y6BYUuBnHYV

A friend gave me a copy of the Ill Bill and Steven King 

“Fathers of violence” mixtape 💿 

when I was working with him in 2014, amazing mix… full of bangers!

Scribe feat Savage and David Dallas - Not many (Remix)

https://youtu.be/1hUrR44RlcY?si=925vCB-hUyOCG3KQ

🇳🇿 Scribe was the first New Zealand rapper I heard, 

my Uncle used to play this song all the time after going over to NZ in 2003.

Notorious B.I.G feat Method man - The What

“Fuck the world, don’t ask me for shit
Everything you get you got to work hard for it!”

Chris Webby - La La La

I remember hearing people playing this song 

on the beach in Florida ☀️ during a family holiday in 2012.

Kano - Ps and Qs

Vinnie Paz feat Chris Rivers - Last breath

https://youtu.be/M3xV_ztyxp4?si=AtqXnevVL-IUg5cs

Capone N Noreaga - Live on live long

Akala feat Lowkey - Behind my painted smile 🎨

https://youtu.be/pJLH0JL8rks?si=Gdn8bDCebCjofB1K

“It’s great that my music bettered you
But I contemplate murder everyday so don’t put me on a pedestal” - Akala

The Game feat Nas - Letter to the king ✉️ 👑

https://youtu.be/r3tz7N0AZD0?si=yELXMgbbk2fGyjeb

The Game and Nas reflect on American history, 

Martin Luther King and other civil rights leaders.

“Ridin' home from school, in front of the bus
Not even thinkin' 'bout how Rosa Parks done it for us” - The Game

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Snoop Dogg - I love to give you light 💡 🎶

Teenage me bought the ¨R & G¨ album 
and The Games “The Documentary” album 
as soon as I could with a voucher from WH Smith, 
many gems 💎 on both albums.

Wu-Tang Clan - Da mystery of chess boxin ♟️ 🥊

“Homicide's illegal and death is the penalty
What justifies the homicide when he dies
In his own iniquity?” - Masta Killa

Cam’ron feat Jay Z and Juelz Santana - Welcome to New York City

Cypress Hill - Memories

“Memories they haunt me, they follow me til the day I die”

Nas - Made you look 🎤 I saw Nas perform this song live back in 2004 and it was amazing.

2pac feat Outlawz- Me against the world 🌍

Copywrite - Confessional 
Heartfelt! 🎧

https://youtu.be/C_uiA6Qw-Ro?si=RrYAUWKvoyMy3vUq

Mos Def feat Minnesota - Grown man business

https://youtu.be/kIrulK8NHDI?si=WjgmUxNbDLVk6-B3

Necro - No Remorse 💀

https://youtu.be/gCtKoRJaybU?si=h6uVctiu2jrFt5Zd

I bought the ¨Death Rap¨ album as soon as it was released 

after listening to Necro on MySpace and telling my friends to check his music out.

Necro feat Ill Bill - Our life
🎹Cassic hip hop story telling, hits you like a good joint.

https://youtu.be/PW6dlnqTmTc?si=B1AwNt_bpkhoEgE0